X-Men: Days of Future Characters

X-Men: Days of Future Past releases nationwide this week and is set to bombard us with a host of mutant characters as X-Men old and new come together to save the future of mutant-kind. With future movies already in the pipeline, fans might wonder what mutant characters are left to bring to the big screen that won’t resort to scraping the bottom of the comic book barrel. Well let me give you a list of mutants, good and evil, that I think deserve to be brought to life in future X-movies.

X-Heroes

Psylocke

Psylocke is one of the coolest female superheroes in comics ever and I find it strange she has never reached the same fame as other female mutants like Rogue or Kitty Pryde. Psylocke (real name Betsy Braddock) is basically a psychic ninja, having powerful psychic abilities and able to create glowing, purple weapons out of psychic energy. She is also the sister of English superhero, Captain Britain, if they ever wanted to bring him into the movies. Shes one of the most skilled and powerful mutants ever to join the X-Men (she beat Sabretooth in one on one combat to earn her membership) and has even briefly lead the team. A character who has a rich history, with interesting back story and great character development over the years (read the awesome X-Force by Rick Remender to see her at her best) and whose look and powers would present some cool visuals if done right on film, Psylocke is begging to be brought into future X-Men movies.

Fantomex

Fantomex was created from the insane genius of writer Grant Morrison. Just bare with me while I explain the crazy that is Fantomex: He is a creation of the Weapon X program (that gave Wolverine his metal skeleton) in an artificial, shrunk down city called The World. He has multiple brains that can act independently from each other and make him immune to telepathy. His nervous system is linked to a living spaceship called EVA. His mutant ability allows him to create powerful misdirections, causing people to perceive events differently or see things that aren’t there. He also has accelerated healing, master skills in weapons and hand to hand combat and was artificially made French for some reason. He also has one of the coolest costumes in comics. He’s pretty much your typical awesome, smooth talking, ass kicking rogue character but the unpredictability of his powers and his bonkers back-story make him one of the most fun new characters in the X-universe and one that would surely be a big fan favourite in a movie.

Marrow/Beak/Any of the Physically Mutated X-Men

Some of the most interesting characters in X-Men lore are those who have mutations that affect their appearance and how they cope in a hate filled world when they can’t hide that they are mutants. The movies haven’t had many of these characters and the ones it does can conveniently turn into very attractive young people or villains. It would be great to see this change in future movies and two characters I would love to see are Marrow and Beak. Marrow is a girl whose bones grow uncontrollably out of her body, which she can then break off and use as weapons. She is a good person but lets her anger and frustration of her painful mutation get the best of her at times. Beak is an unfortunate character who drew the short straw of mutations. He’s basically an ugly bird man with no real powers. However he is a firm believer in Xavier’s cause and has a heart of gold, which allows him to overcome his mutation to always do good where he can. These or any other number of physically mutated characters would be fine additions for future movies and add further themes and plot elements to play around with.

X-Villains

Mister Sinister

Mister Sinister has plagued the X-Men for years in his quest to study and further human evolution. Formally a human biologist, Nathaniel Essex was transformed by the evil mutant Apocalypse, who shared his Darwinian beliefs and granted him superhuman durability and long life. Using these powers Sinister has spent years conducting horrific experiments on his fellow mutants and augmenting his own abilities. One of the great manipulators, Sinister usually works from the shadows, getting others to do his dirty work but he is a powerful foe who can also pose a great physical threat too. Given that we can expect Apocalypse as the big bad of the next X-Men movie, I think we might see Mister Sinister pop up as a supporting villain role and given his striking physical appearance in the comics it would be cool to see him realised on the screen.

Cassandra Nova

Another crazy Grant Morrison creation here. Cassandra Nova’s back story is really weird and a little creepy. She is essentially Charles Xavier’s twin sister, who was stillborn but due to her immense psychic power her consciousness survived and spent years creating a new body and plotting to destroy all Xavier loved. In the past she has beat down the X-Men by herself, committed mutant genocide and almost wiped out the universe with the Phoenix Force. She is probably too weird a character to bring to mass audience but there are few villains who have pushed the X-Man to the edge quite like Cassandra Nova and the superhero movie scene really could use a threatening, lead female villain.

The Shadow King

The Shadow King is an immensely powerful psychic who is one of the X-Men’s most dangerous foes. An extremely sadistic mutant, The Shadow King takes great delight in possessing or manipulating the minds of others for his own sick enjoyment. He also used his power to transcend physical form, making him virtually un-killable. He has corrupted and enslaved the minds of numerous X-Men and re-crippled Xavior. In fact The Shadow King was the first evil mutant Charles encountered and was the catalyst to the formation of the X-Men. The Shadow King would make for a very frightening and intimidating villain and creating fights on the astral plain between him and Xavier could make for some stunning visuals. He also shares a long rivalry with Psylocke in the comics opening a door to bring her in too.

There is no shortage of X-Men characters out there for Fox to pick from, I have picked just a few that I think deserve to get the big screen treatment but please, shout off your picks for mutant heroes and villains that you would like to see appearing in future movies,

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